Heughan Choir Introduction

April 20, 2018 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

On Wednesday, Kate Howard – Musical Director for the Heughan choir came into school to introduce herself to pupils in P5-P7. Kate will be organising and running the choir for any interested pupils from P5-P7. The choir is being funded by the Heughan trust. The choir will run every Thursday this term with a view to a first performance at the official opening of the Heughan Hall in June. Pupils interested in being part of the choir took letters of interest home today. We look forward to hearing the first performance from the choir in due course.

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‘THREE TREES’ Easter Service In Church

March 29, 2018 Mrs Howie Leave a comment

On Thursday 29th March, we held our Easter Service in Dalbeattie and Kirkgunzeon Parish Church. The service re-told the Easter story through ‘Three Trees’ which each had different aspirations about what they wanted to be used for. Their hopes and plans did not work out and, although initially disappointed, the trees all saw the much greater worth of the uses they were actually put to. The story was told most effectively by the three Primary 7s who played the parts of the trees but also by the other Primary 7 narrators, interspersed with some lovely singing which the whole school has been practising over recent weeks.

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The Romans Play

March 29, 2018 Mrs Howie Leave a comment

On Friday 23rd March, history was made in Dalbeattie Primary, within Dalbeattie Learning Campus. Primary 4, under the direction of Mrs Anderson, staged our first dramatic performance in the Primary School Hall. This was the first time, out stage had been opened up to the hall to showcase a play. Primary 4 rose to the occasion. They worked so hard to learn their lines and knew all their parts well. By the end of the show, we had all learned so much more about life in Roman villas and how to build Roman roads. Well done Primary 4 and Mrs Anderson for making history!

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Primary 4/5 and Primary 5 Ukulele Concert

March 28, 2018 Mrs J McLean Leave a comment

Primary 4/5 and Primary 5 performed in their first ever ukulele concert this afternoon for parents. The children have been learning ukulele with Mrs Popov from Feis Rois this term. They performed 8 traditional songs which were; ‘ Feasgar Math’, ‘Row Row Row Your Boat’ , ‘Oh Dearie Me’, ‘Sandy’s Mill / Michael Finnegan’, ‘Good News’, ‘Tobar Tobar’ and ‘The Rattlin Bog’. Thank you to all parents and carers in the audience! We hope you enjoyed the concert!

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P1F Dinosaur Models!

March 27, 2018 Mrs Fitzsimmons 1 Comment

Last week P1 had a fun afternoon making junk model dinosaurs with our parents and friends. First of all we sang a song which finished with some audience partcipation and then we got ‘stuck in’ to the enormous pile of junk we collected! Mrs Fitzsimmons and Miss Yousaf were extremely impressed with all our creative models and collaborative work. We would like to say a HUGE thank you to all the mums, dads, grannies and aunties who came along and supported us. We hope you had as much fun as we did!!

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Primary 7 shared learning

March 27, 2018 Miss Clendinning Leave a comment

Primary 7C have been busy this term recreating some traditional children’s stories into Scots language. Today P7 developed their presentation skills by sharing their books with the P3s, who were a fantastic audience. Thank you P3 and well done P7C!

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Primary 4/5 Tall Ship Trip Glasgow

March 27, 2018 Mrs J McLean Leave a comment

Primary 4/5 went on a trip to the Tall Ship in Glasgow. For our first workshop we had to be Marine Archaeologists – finding and identifying artefacts from Titanic.

On the second workshop, we looked at the 12 course menu which was served to First class passengers and created our own versions. We then had to work in groups to set the table for first class guests.

The final part of our trip involved an interesting tour of the ship Glenlee. We had a go at turning the wheel, ringing the bell and scrubbing the deck.

Thank you to the Tall ship staff and to all adult helpers on our trip.

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P1F’s French Breakfast!

March 25, 2018 Mrs Fitzsimmons Leave a comment

P1 have been learning about healthy eating this term and combined this with their French lessons. We discussed the importance of breakfast and learned lots of food items in French. We have been very keen following the visit of Madam Marolleau who just happened to bring some French fruit marmalade for us! Take a look at all the yummy food we ate!! Of course we had to ask for it in French!

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Our playground is finished!

March 23, 2018 Mrs Howie Leave a comment

Take a look at this…..

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Wee Dee Gee Visits Dalbeattie Learning Campus

March 23, 2018 Mrs Howie Leave a comment

There was great excitement today as Wee Dee Gee visited to say hello to our young people and to give out new water bottles and activity packs. This was followed by the announcement of the results for the recent T Shirt competition, which was judged by our elected councillors. Winners were announced for P1 through to P7 with one overall winner, Primary 5’s Amber Latimer whose design will be made into a real t-shirt for herself and all her classmates. Well done Amber! The other winners were Holly McKerrow, Ryley Morgan, Owen Dornan, Jay Parker Smith, Willow Caldow, Grace McQuarrie.

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